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What classes should I try and attend to in high school if I am intrested in Chemical Engineering?

I'm about to be a freshman in high school, and I have been thinking about what classes and electives I should take if I eventually want to be a Chemical Engineer or Environmental Engineer. Or what colleges I should eventually try and apply to if I want too pursue that career. Do you have and suggestions or comments on what I should do?

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Eric’s Answer

Hi Lisette - My undergraduate degree was in Chemical Engineering.  Later when I was working in the EHS field, I obtained a masters degree in Environmental Engineering.  Chemistry, physics and math are key high school courses to provide you a strong foundation for chemical or environmental engineering.  If your school has Advanced Placement (AP) science or math classes, I would encourage you to work toward taking those.  An AP class isn't required for an engineering degree course but with a good grade on the AP exam, you can bypass the intro class as college freshman and take an advance course or another elective in your focus area.  Environmental science, if offered at your school, would also be good as it would provide you some insight into the environmental field

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Donald’s Answer

My degree was in Chemical Engineering, and I worked as an Environmental Engineer and Manager in Industry for 37 years. I recommend chemistry, of course, but also you will want to take physics and the most advanced math available to you. The better you are at math, the easier your college courses will be. I'd also counsel you to keep to the engineering path. Straight science courses in college may be slightly less demanding, but the engineering degree opens vastly more career opportunities.
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Jayavignesh’s Answer

Unless your school has sone exotic course selwction, Donald W's advice about courses is your best bet. College choice depends on many factors - cost, distance from home, department ranking, location of the school, etc. You have to research colleges and start a list of any that catch your eye and then find selection criteria that make sense for you. I applied to the top 10 ChemE programs in the US and went to the one that ended up costing the least. By happenstance it was only 2hrs away from home but out of state.
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